[The incidence of multiple sclerosis and the content of cobalt, boron, zinc, manganese and molybdenum in the arable soils of different climatic zones of Ukraine].

An analysis of material on the incidence of multiple sclerosis among the population of different soil-climatic zones of the Ukraine (steppe, forest-steppe, woodlands) related to the content in arable lands of movable forms of cobalt, boron, manganese, zinc, molibden, allowed to conclude that inhabitants of steppes suffer less frequently of multiple sclerosis than inhabitants of forest land. The arable land of steppe showed a high level of cobalt content as well as boron and manganese while the forest lands revealed a deficit in the mentioned microelements.